I would have had big dreams of becoming a professional athlete

[hatimhussain]

Please rephrase the following sentence since I think that "would have had big dreams" can by replaced with "I had big dreams" without changing its original meaning. Am I correct?

"I would have had big dreams of becoming a professional athlete, but an injury in my early twenties would ultimately prevent me from achieving that goal."

 

[Tarheel]

It definitely changes the meaning, but the original doesn't make much sense.

 

[emsr2d2]

@hatimhussain Please note that I have changed your thread title. Titles should be unique, relevant to the thread, and contain some/all of the words/phrases/sentences you're asking us about. "Grammar" is useless as a title.

 

[hatimhussain]

O.K. I will be specific about my thread title.

 

[emsr2d2]

O.K. OK. I will be specific about with my thread titles.

 

[jutfrank]

I can only imagine that the speaker meant to say I had big dreams ...

Where did you hear or see this sentence?